When ignorance is far from bliss
20 May 2013
A shifting political atmosphere is putting power in the hands of the inexperienced, warns Robert Ashton.
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Chief executive, New Philanthropy Capital from October 2011
In October 2011 Dan became chief executive of New Philanthropy Capital following a long-standing career in policy advice and politics, with his previous role being policy adviser on the economy to the Prime Minister. In April 2012 he joined the Impetus Trust's advisory council.
He was previously head of policy at Downing Street from 2007-2010 and has been special adviser at the Department for Education and Skills, the Department for Communities and Local Government, the Department of Trade and Industry and the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions. He has also been chair of the Council of Economic Advisers at the HM Treasury.
Dan has been widely published across a broad range of regulatory and policy matters from ‘public private partnerships’ to ‘joined-up local democracy’.
He is senior associate of aequitas consulting, an international public policy company
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Charities barely got a look in during George Osborne's Budget speech this time around. Has the charity sector been so soon forgot? Dan Corry contemplates.
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20 May 2013
A shifting political atmosphere is putting power in the hands of the inexperienced, warns Robert Ashton.
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